Wassail Recipe

Wash apples, remove core to 1/2 inch of bottoms, then cut a strip of peel from the hollowed ends of: a dozen apples Combine sugar or brown sugar and cinnamon If apples are bland, add grated lemon rind Fill centres with this. Dot the tops with: butter Put in a 13 inch x 9 inch pan with water and sugar Cover and bake forty to sixty minutes - or until tender but not mushy. After removing from the heat, baste the apples several times with pan juices.

Combine water, 4 cups sugar, nutmeg, ginger, mace, cloves, allspice berries and cinnamon in a saucepan and boil for 5 minutes: Beat egg whites until stiff, but not dry: Beat egg yolks separately until light in color: Fold whites into yolks, using large bowl. Strain sugar and spice mixture into eggs, combining quickly. Bring sherry or Madeira and brandy almost to boiling point separately: